Tie-truck.



'I'. V, BUGKWALTER.

TIE TRUCK. urmqulon FILED sfuma, 1910.

Patented Jan 17, 19u.

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-V.BUGKWALTBR.

TIE TRUCK. P PLIGATION FILED SEPT. 3, 191,0.

-Paunm Jau 17,1911.

2 SHEETS-SHET 2.

Hmmm f vet '.rnAcYpv. BUcKwALfrnm-or strooien, PENNSYLVANIA.

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981,975. y Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led September 3, 1910. Seria1No. 5 8l,s'5.Y

' 3b @Il wwmf/t may concern:

that I, 'TRACY V.. BUCK.- .rnma .citizxen of the United statesyresidy at Altoona, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainlmprovements in Tie-Trucks, of which the `following is a specification.

` My' improvements `relate to trucks 'carrying' ties whichare -to vbe impregnated with-a preservative, and their leading object is to de itl known structionl combined with convenience vin cperation. y A

In the accompaying drawings, Figure 1 is aside elevation, partially in section,- repres'enting` a truck embodying my j improvements; Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same,

1 nal sill and its connection comprises the vwheels l`1, the axle'sy `2 `upon which the Wheels are journaled, the housing 3 in which the 'axles are journaled, thelongitudinal sil1s4 supported by the housings, .the bolsters 5 xed yto the sills, the longitudinal braces .6 connecting the bolsters standards, andthe balls 7 connected with the standards. v

The housings 3 are characterized by a oke-like formation which provides the bearings 3 on each vside of the respective'wheels. y Therespective sills 1 have a channel or trough-like construction and are placed bottom upward over the wheels, being provided with the laterally extending flanges i" which rest upon vthebearings 3. Plates 8 are laced on the ianges' above the housings and" bolts 9 are passed through the parts 3, 4 and Sto ix'the sillsfin place. The respective ends ofthe sills have the inclined upper surface 4a, inclined side sections 4b, and thewidened flange sections 4; the cont'racted and depressed points of the sills be-` ing closed by the end webs Lid. Fillers 4e are inserted between the vert-ical flanges 4f at the ends of the sills to brace the parts 4d and' 4f, the fillers being riveted to the flanges and to the adjacent bolster.

for l piovide a Aframe havingsuperiorl strength-,durability and economy of con` taken onthe line 4--4 of Fig. y plan' view representing the f e The truck, as represented inthe drawings,

The bolsters 5 comprise the channels -5 having the flanges 5 to which are riveted cover. plates 5fvt forming a box-construction, the horizontal body portion of the bolsters being made o f. greater' depth than the standfla-rols or arms 5b, which gradually decrease Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

in depth as they extend upwardly in the Y form of circular arcs. The .straight bodies of the bolsters extendlbeyond the sills 4,-'beneath which they are xed' by riveting` the flangev sections 4 to the' plates 53L and-theflanges 5". The bolsters are: `further.' strengthenedby straps or plates 5d placed so as togivethe necessary' strength tothe lower parts ofthe arms where they are subjected to thegreatest bending stress. Stiliening' boxes 5 arene'sted 1nlv theA channels o in 'the central sections of the bolsters' and drawbars or hooks 10 are fixed to these sections by boltsll 4passed therethrough and through'the bearing flanges 10 of the hooks.

The lbraces AGare `v suitably channel bars having theirfuflangys bent outwardly into the planes of the we at; the endsthereof, the ends of the bars beingriveted to the inner flanges of the bolster yarms near thetops thereof.

The bolster'l arms have the cylindrical" bearings 12, iXed .to the tops thereof, 'in

which are engaged the laterally extending studs 7 `on the semiecircular baile "I, the

studs'bein'g, held inthe Vbearings 12Qby keys 7a and being removable to remove the bails in loading' and unloading.

This truck is adapted to move into `cylindrical chamber-13 upon a track 14 supported' therein by brackets 15.

In operation, when the truck is loaded with ties, it is pushed valon the track by a motor acting against the bu ers provided by the ends ofthe sills, the 'movement in the opposite direction being ei'ecte'd by engaging the motor to the hook. To remove the load -the bails are'detached and the ends of the ties have a hoist chain thrown around them,

by which. they are lifted in bul-k from the bolsters, the depressed and contracted ends of the sills permitting the chain to be readily slipped thereover. l

Having described my invention, l claim: A l

` 1. In a truck, traction wheels, means Comprising yoke-'like' housings supported by and providing bearings on opposite sides of said wheels, inverted channel-like sills having ange's fixed tosaid housings on oppositel sides of said Wheels, and bolsters fixed to 'said sills beneath the endsthereof.-l

2. In a truck, longitudinal l.sills comprisinginverted ohannels with flanges thereon, in combination.' with bolsters comprising channels With flanges thereon and c'over plates fixed to said flanges 'last named, said a holsters being lixed beneath'said sills the flanges thereof. 4 y

3. In a truck, longitudinal sills compris-v ing inverted channels With flanges thereon,.

said-sills having contracted end sections lwith widened flanges, thereOnL-I. in combination with bolsters'wth flanges thereon andechver lates. fixed to said last named llanges,.said

plate. l A i 4. In a truck. longitudmal sills having contracted and depressed'ends, 'in combina- 'tion With a bolsterlavin curved arms gradv ually decreasingvin dept said bolster havving a body portion fixed to said sills. l y

5. In a truck, a sill-resembling an inverted 'trough with flanges thereon,`said sill having an end section With sides 'inclined .inwardly and a top .inclined downwardly.x

`6. In a truckya bolster comprisingfa chan rst named flanges being fixed to said cover.

`name this 18th' day otAuglst,.1910, inl the nel with 'flanges thereon, 'reinforcing boxv nested Withiny saidzchannel, d anexterior E reinforcing' plate riveted to'y sai chz'inneI.

* 7'.' In a truck, a'.bolster having a body 'l portion', Vwith upwardly extending curved arms decreasing yin vdepth 'from said lbody portion, said bolster having a box likeeon-#B struction; l 'I 8. 4In'y a truck, bolstershaving body'v poi-.fl

tions with -npv'va-rdly extending curved arms,

longitudinal sills t`o which the bodies O said holsters are fixed andtIongitudinal bracesto which the arms of said holsters are xed.

9-. VIn-"a truck, a'bolster comprising a channel, a stile'ning box nestedv insaidchannel,

and a dra'w bar fixed tlnreto. g Y' '10.r Ina truck, the 'combinationof an iny verted channel2 with afbolsterfand a filler disposed in said channel andfixedjto said 

